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(No Model.)

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No. 482,271. Patented Sept. 6, 1892.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE OPENSHAW AND CHARLES ALBERT CARR, OF BURY, ENGLAND.

ATTACHMENT FOR VELOCIPEDES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,271, datedSeptember 6, 1892.

Application filed October 10, 1891. Serial No.408,398.' (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that we, GEORGE OPENSHAW and CHARLES ALBERT CARR, subjects ofthe Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and residents of Bury, in thecounty of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvementsin or Connected with Bicycles, Trieycles, Safeties, and otherVelocipedes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to afford a means whereby the rider of abicycle, tricycle, Safety,or other velocipede shall be able to exertagreateramount of power on the treadles of a machine than heretofore,and thereby obtain a considerable increase of speed.

Now this invention consists in employing a strap or belt composed ofleather, webbing, textile, or other suitable material or two or more ofsuch substances combined, which is wrapped round the person of a riderin any convenient manner, the respective ends of which are caused tomeet in front of the rider and are attached to any convenient part ofthe machine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are front and rear views,respectively, of a rider and his machine, showing the way in which thestrap or belt is worn by the rider and attached to the machine. Fig. 3shows the belt alone folded in the same way as when on the person of therider, and Fig. 4 shows the attaching-hook.

The mode or method of applying the belt may be described as follows: Thecentral portion of the belt (marked A) is placed across the back of therider, as shown, and the respective ends passed under the armpits. Theextremities are then passed over the shoulders, across the back, andlaced through loops B B tokeepthem in position, and terminate in frontof the rider, as illustrated. These extremities may be connecteddirectly to the machine, but

are by preference provided with a number of holes and connected to astraddle or breeches strap C by means of the buckles D. In this way itwill be obvious that the strap can be adjusted to suit any rider ormachine.

In attaching the strap to the machine, and especially in the case ofSafety bicycles, we prefer to employ a rod or hook E, (see Fig. eh)clamped to the framework of the machine, as seen more clearly in Fig. 1,to which the ring F of the breechesstrap is hooked and which rises upinfront of the rider and enables him to readily connect or disconnectthe strap in mounting and dismounting. It will now be apparent that bymeans of our improved strap or belt, which constitutes a yoke and servesto hold the rider to his seat, a greater amount of power may beexercised on the treadles than heretofore and a considerable increase ofspeed be attained, as it will be seen that the thrust on the treadles isdetermined by the muscular strength of the rider and not by his or herweight, more or less, as heretofore.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is The combination,with abicycle or other velocipede, of a hook E, secured thereto, a strapor belt to surround the body of the rider, the ends of which strap orbelt terminate in front of the rider, a straddle C, to which the ends ofthe strap or belt are adjustably attached, and a ring secured to thebreeches-strap and adapted to be connected to the hook on the vehicle,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures to the foregoingspecification.

GEORGE OPENSHAW. CHARLES ALBERT CARR.

Witnesses:

WALTER GUNN, EDMUND WILSON.

